Recent Publications
Learning Together: A Study of Six B.A. Completion Cohort Programs in Early Care and Education (Year I Report) 
by Marcy Whitebook, Laura Sakai, Fran Kipnis, Mirella Almaraz, Esther Suarez, and Dan Bellm (2008)
Cohort B.A. completion programs, which target small groups of adults working in early care and education to pursue a course of study together and receive a variety of support services, have emerged in several California counties. To demonstrate the outcomes of these efforts, and to inform further policy and program development, CSCCE has launched Learning Together, a five-year study of six student cohort programs. This report presents findings from Year 1, during which we interviewed over 90 percent of the 124 student cohort members, as well as 13 administrators and faculty members from three of the six institutions of higher education.
Early Childhood Educator Competencies: A Literature Review of Current Best Practices, and a Public Input Process on Next Steps for California 
Editor, Dan Bellm (2008)
By request from First 5 California and with support from the David and Lucile Packard Foundation, CSCCE conducted an extensive literature review in 2007 on current best practices across the United States for defining early childhood educator competencies—the appropriate knowledge and skills for working effectively with young children. We also solicited feedback broadly from California's early care and education field on the appropriate structure and content of such competencies for our state. This report compiles our research and the input received from the field.
Partnering for Preschool: A Study of Center Directors in New Jersey's Mixed-Delivery Abbott Program
by Marcy Whitebook, Sharon Ryan, Fran Kipnis, and Laura Sakai (2008)
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Since 1999, New Jersey’s court-ordered Abbott Preschool Program has provided publicly funded early education services in a combination of private child care centers, Head Start centers, and public schools, and it has sought to place preschool teachers on an equal footing with K-12 teachers in terms of pay and qualifications. CSCCE interviewed 98 private child care and Head Start directors in 2007 to collect their firsthand accounts of implementing this ambitious educational reform, and their suggestions for improving it.
Take Each Child by the Hand: An Early Childhood Educators' Delegation to China
by Dan Bellm (2007)
This article describes a 2006 visit to several regions of China by 20 early childhood educators from the United States. The delegation visited public and private kindergartens, elementary schools, university-level teacher education programs, and a school for children with developmental disabilities.
Chutes or Ladders? Creating Support Services to Help Early Childhood Students Succeed in Higher Education
by Kara Dukakis, Dan Bellm, Natalie Seer, and Yuna Lee (2007)
Disparities in California’s Child Care Subsidy System: A Look at Teacher Education, Stability and Diversity
by Marcy Whitebook, Fran Kipnis & Dan Bellm (2007)
Using data from the California Early Care and Education Workforce Study, this policy brief focuses on disparities in staff professional preparation, stability, and diversity between licensed child care centers that receive public funding solely through vouchers, and those that receive it through a contract with Head Start or the California Department of Education.
Roots of Decline: How Government Policy Has De-Educated Teachers of Young Children
by Dan Bellm and Marcy Whitebook (2006)
"Roots of Decline" analyzes labor trends for the early care and education workforce over the past 25 years - notably, an overall decrease in educational qualifications, and persistent wage stagnation - in the light of federal and state policy, and makes a series of recommendations for reversing these downward trends. This report was produced with support from the Foundation for Child Development.
- Losing Ground in Early Childhood Education: Declining Workforce Qualifications in an Expanding Industry, 1979-2004
by Herzenberg, Price & Bradley (2005), the paper that prompted this policy analysis.
Clearing a Career Path: Lessons From Two Communities in Promoting Higher Education Access for the Early Care and Education Workforce
by Kara Dukakis and Dan Bellm (2006)
This report documents recent groundbreaking efforts in Alameda and Santa Clara Counties, CA, including challenges faced and lessons learned, as a guide for other counties and institutions seeking to improve professional development in the early care and education field. Areas covered include:
- Student counseling, advising and communication
- Programs for English language learners
- BA degree options
- Leadership development